Rock’n’Roll
Jenny said, when she was just five years old There was nothing happening at all
Every time she turned on the radio There was nothin' goin' down at all
Then one mornin', on a Detroit station
Couldn't believe what she heard at all She started shakin' to that fine fine music Yeah, her life was saved by rock 'n' roll
Despite all the amputations You could just dance to that rock 'n' roll station And it was alright (it's alright) It was alright (it's alright)
Yeah, it was alright (it's alright) Alright
Jenny said, when she was just five years old You know my parents be the death of us all
Two TV sets, two Cadillac cars You know, they ain't gonna help me at all (not at all)
Then one mornin', on a Detroit station
Can't believe what she hears at all She started dancin' to that fine fine music Yeah, her life was saved by rock 'n' roll
Despite all the computations You could just dance To that rock 'n' roll station
And it was alright (it's alright) Hey, it was alright (it's alright) All alright (it's alright) She said now it's alright (it's alright)
Jenny Jenny, five years old Nothing going on at all Every time she turned on the radio There was just nothing going down at all (not at all)
And then one mornin' on a Detroit station She could not believe what she heard at all She started shakin' to that fine fine music
Yeah, her life was saved by rock 'n' roll
Despite all the agitations She could just dance To that rock 'n' roll station
And it was alright (it's alright) Oh baby, it's alright (it's alright) Oh, it's alright (it's alright) I tell ya, it's alright (it's alright)
(It's alright) Oh! (It's alright) Turn it up! Turn it up! (It's alright) Oh oh yeah! (It's alright) Aw yeah!
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Go Man Go
I just got out of jail (go man go) Stole me a Hellcat (go man go) Pickin'  up my baby (go man go) She works at the Gay Bar (go man go)
She knows that I'm the man (go man go) She  knows that I'm a moron (go man go) And  I ain't got no plan (go man go) But that's ok (go man go) (Go  man go) She don't care anyway (go man go)
We ride into the night And everything's all right I  try to take it slow But she yells "Go
man go"
They call me the Hamtramck Hammer (go man go) She's just Crazy Jane (go man go) Don't care about tomorrow (go man go) And she don't know
when to stop (go man go) (Go man go) That's when we blew past the cop (go man go)
We ride into the night And everything's all right I try to take it
slow But she yells "Go man go"
We flew past the cruiser (go man go) He lit up like a Christmas tree (go man go) I sure ain't gonna stop (go man go) She laughs and kisses me
(go man go)
We ride into the night The train comes into sight Do we make it? I don't know Should I slam on the brakes Or step on the gas? And she
says "Go man go"
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Our Love Will Change The World
We have very little respect for everything Very little regard for anything We've got something against so much And we're only beginning
Our mind's a cynical machine now That'll never run out of steam We're all pessimistic creeps, or so it seems 'Cause that's how we're living
Our love will change the world Our love will change the world Into a strange place that you won't recognize When you look into its eyes Our love will
change thе world Our love will change the world You may not likе it now But, you'll get used to it anyhow We don't have near enough time To
even dream of committing a crime Got no future, got no reason, got no rhyme 'Cause that's all we're given
We'll kill any possibility Or any
illusion of synchronicity 'Cause that's been effective to a certain degree (Oh, ooh)
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Social Debris
I don't commit, I just collide I won't
submit, I'll just decide On where to run or where to hide
Their eyes are everywhere I see them spying there At my face, at my hair
I won't plug in, to their machine I hate the sound, I hate that scene I sure ain't hip, I sure can't hop I lost the script, I
lost the plot
Their spies are everywhere I feel them hiding there On my face, in my hair I just can't cope with all this disease It's pushing down,
down, down Down on me Look at me, what you see Is social debris
You said you'd treat me, but tried to delete me You think I'm tragic, but I know I'm
magic Your eyes are everywhere I see you spying there At my face, at my hair I just can't cope with all this disease Pushing down, down, down Down on me Look at me, look at me I'm social debris I just can't cope with all this disease Look at me, look at me Social debris Look at me, look at me Social
debris Look at me, look at me I'm social debris |
$1000 High Heel Shoes
Sometimes I drive all day, until there's nothing
left in my tank (Shoo doowop, shoo doowop, ooh) You know I'm breakin' my back, but man I'm sure not breakin' the bank (Shoo doowop, shoo doowop, ooh) I
hope my ship comes in, but I'm pretty sure that ship done sank (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) I used to draw some cash, but now I just draw a blank (Shoo doowop, shoo doowop, ooh)
She slides in cool and tall She don't wear no clothes at all (Ooh) She's dancin' to her own kind of rhythm and blues In
a tiny dog collar and her thousand dollar, high heel shoes
I can't pay my bills, can't even cover all my bets (Shoo doowop, shoo doowop, ooh) There's
somе guys lookin' for me, who are way past idle thrеats (Shoo doowop, shoo doowop, ooh) She's on the line all the time and she's amplifyin' all of my
debts (Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah) But, there ain't one single moment that I cry or feel regret (Shoo doowop, shoo doowop, ooh)
She slides in cool
and tall She don't wear no clothes at all (Ooh) She's dancin' to her own kind of rhythm and blues In a tiny dog collar and her thousand, dollar high heel shoes It seems my meager bank account's becomin' absolutely obsolete (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) And all my hard-earned money's walkin' round down
on her feet (Shoo doowop, shoo doowop, ooh)
She slides in cool and tall She don't wear no clothes at all (Ooh) She's dancin' to her own kind of rhythm
and blues In a tiny dog collar and her thousand dollar, high heel shoes High heel shoes High heel shoes Thousand dollar, high heel shoes |
Hail Mary
Every day, around this time A little vision of religion comes walkin' by She kind of motivates, and Lordy what she shakes Is
more than we're prepared to take
Hail Mary, full of Grace Hail Mary, whatcha doing in this place? Hail Mary, oh baby, you're divine Hail Mary, Hail Mary
wanna make you mine
We sit and drink and philosophize Why's the devil doin' business in her angel eyes We're so high we could fly, when she floats
'round And the sun finally comes to this God forsaken town!
Hail Mary, full of Grace Hail Mary, oh, whatcha doing in this place? Hail Mary, oh baby,
you're divine Hail Mary, Hail Mary gonna make you mine
I'm dumb, but even losers sometimes win And they say that if she looks your way She just might let
you in
Here she comes and there she goes We're captured in the rapture of her afterglow She raises up the flag on the glory pole She lifts my spirits and my
soul
Hail Mary, full of Grace Hail Mary, oh, whatcha doing in this place? Hail Mary, oh baby, you're so fine Hail Mary, some day I'm gonna
make you mine Hail Mary
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Detroit City 2021
Me and Iggy were giggin' with Ziggy and
kickin' with the MC5 Ted and Seger were burnin' with the fever And Suzi Q was sharp as a knife
The kid was in his crib, and Shady wore a bib And the Posse
wasn't even alive Shock rock, choppin' block, songs to make your heart stop Shove it into overdrive
Play it loud and fast Make that guitar blast Play it
like today will be your last
Bleak town, sleak town, freak town Detroit city Downtown, Motown, my town Detroit city
There was a riot ragin'
downtown Tryin' to burn the place down The skies were glowin' red and gray But the grass keeps growin' and the money keeps flowin' And the streets are
still smokin' today
Play it loud and fast 'Cause the blues are in the past Play it like today might be your last Bleak town, sleak town, freak town Detroit city Downtown, Motown, my town Detroit city
Bleak town, sleak town, freak town Detroit city Downtown, Motown, my town Detroit city
Shake it down, break it down All around, hallowed ground Lost and found, homeward bound The Detroit sound is coming 'round
Lion town roarin' down Tiger town on the mound Hockey town, shoot the puck Take 'em down, don't give a what? |
Drunk And In Love
I saw you baby, and I pissed my pants Now I'm
shakin' while I'm trying to stand Come into my cardboard box and out of the storm You can mend my socks while I keep you warm
Fallin' in love, I'm
fallin' in love Who'da thunk I'd be drunk as a skunk and fallin' in love
You see I've fallen on troubled times I need some change, some quarters
and dimes To buy some comfort to share with you Then we won't care about the holes in our shoes
I'm fallin' in love, yes I'm fallin' in love I confess I'm a mess, who'da guessed I'd be fallin'
All those people go walkin' by Don't give a damn if we live or die From Woodward Avenue
to old Brush Street They couldn't care less about you or about me
Fallin' in love, I'm fallin' in love Who'da known I'd be stoned to the bone
and fallin' in love (Huh, I guess I am)
If I black out and forget your name You know I won't mind if you do the same Just call me Ripple and I'll
call you Rose We can cuddle on the sidewalk Where my buddy froze I'm fallin' in love, fallin' in love Who'da thunk I'd be drunk as a skunk and
fallin' in love Oh, feels good I'm fallin', baby Just come on over here
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Independence Dave
I got no shame, I ain't to blame, I got no memory I
got no conscience on my shoulder there to bother me I'm on a trip without a script, into oblivion I guess that's just the way I like to play to have some fun I
don't need a toke or have a smoke to try to clear my head Ain't no use, already loose when I roll out of bed
I got no future, got not past, got no eternity Don't need to know just gotta go, that's my reality I'm all alone, I got no phone, I don't communicate I got no pace, ain't in the race, so I'm never
late Don't need to cook or read a book, don't need to wash or shave See I am free to be just me, I'm Independence Dave
He's Dave, Independence Dave He's Dave, Independence Dave He's Dave, Independence Dave
I got a girl, she's just a pearl from down in St. Clair Shore But, there's a brother of
another knockin' down my door I got some money from a honey livin' way downtown And there's this one who's got a gun, that's tryin' to hunt me down
I try to love 'em all, but I ain't no one's slave 'Cause when the rubber hits the road, I'm Independence Dave He's Dave, Independence Dave
(Whoa) He's Dave, Independence Dave (Whoa) He's Dave, Independence Dave (Whoa) There's two subpoenas, they're so mean as to suggest that I'm The
major perpetrator of a minor crime They got my name on their claim, but anyone could see Since I'm never anywhere, it clearly wasn't me It's not that I'm so
innocent or well-behaved It's just that I'm the one and only Independence Dave
Woo! He's Dave, Independence Dave (Whoa) He's Dave, Independence
Dave (Whoa) He's Dave, Independence Dave (Whoa) Woo! He's Dave, Independence Dave (Whoa) He's Dave, Independence Dave (Whoa) He's Dave,
Independence Dave (Whoa) Woo!
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I Hate You
I hate you and your stupid bass What's it like out there in space? (You ought to know) I hate you and your giant kick You make me laugh, you make me sick
I hate you and your spinning sticks Your platform boots and your insane chicks Your long blonde hair blowing in my face A platinum God? You're a big
disgrace!
I hate you!
I hate you, your spider eyes A guillotine, oh, big surprise! I hate your broken pointed nose Your big fat mouth that you never
close
I hate you and that guitar pout Those tired riffs we all laugh about Hate your stinkin', pudgy fingers on the neck You're the King of America, but
you're no Jeff Beck!
I hate you! H-A-T-E Y-O-U H-A-T-E Y-O-U Oh, yes I do We hate you, we hate your sneer The cigarettes, the smell of beer The mutton chops, the switchblade knife Your unapologetic life But, most of all we're filled with rage At the empty space you left on stage (What a sid)
H-A-T-E Y-O-U H-A-T-E Y-O-U H-A-T-E Y-O-U H-A-T-E Y-O-U Hate you
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Wonderful World
You cheat and steal every day You're only human, it's okay Don't bother with morality It doesn't sound like fun to me
And if the
truth gets in the way "Bend it, twist it," that's what I say
I wanna get in trouble with you I wanna hit and run with you
I'm gonna be
the air you breathe I'm gonna teach you to deceive
It could be a wonderful world If all of you could only see It would be a wonderful world If everyone
was just like me Just like me
This rotten place is just my style The smell of death just drives me wild Money's the root and that's for sure That
old disease with no known cure
So much sin, so much pain So many souls for me to gain I wanna kiss and tell with you I wanna go to Hell with you
I'm gonna be the air you breathe I'm gonna teach you to believe
It could be a wonderful world If all of you could only see It would be a wonderful
world If everyone was just like me
It could be a wonderful world If everyone could only see It would be a wonderful world If all of you were just like me Just like me
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Sister Anne
Sister Anne don't give a damn about evolution She’s a liberated woman, she's got her solution Got a heart of gold, save a bitch's
soul From goin’ down on Satan's way She can, I know she can I know she can She's my Sister Anne
Such truth, such beauty, such
purity She wears a halo around her head She got all the Ten Commandments tattooed on her arm If she died she'd rise up from the dead She's every
man's savior and Mama too If you do it she said she'll save hell from you She can, I know she can I know she can She's my Sister Anne
Sister, won’t you tell me where I went so wrong? I used to say my prayers, baby, all night long I’d listen to the Gospel ringing in my ears Come on, Sister
Anne, save me from my fears if you can I know you can I know you can 'Cause you’re my Sister Anne Sister, won't you tell me where I went so wrong? I
used to say my prayers, baby, all night long I'd listen to the Gospel ringing in my ears Come on, Sister Anne, save me from my fears if you can I know she can I
know she can 'Cause she’s my Sister Anne I know she can She's my Sister Anne I know she can 'Cause she's my Sister Anne Yeah, she is
She's my Sister Anne She's my Sister Anne She's my Sister Anne She's my Sister Anne
She's my Sister Anne She's my Sister
Anne She's my Sister Anne She's my Sister Anne
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Hanging On By A Thread
[Spoken] Yeah, I know you're struggling right now We all are - in different ways It's like a new world that we don't even know It's
hard to sleep, even harder to dream But look - you've got seven billion brothers and sisters All in the same boat So don't panic Life has a way of surviving
and going on and on We're not fragile, and we sure don't break easy
You know it's so hard to cope When you're just hoping there's hope We're all hanging on by a thread We're all staring at the razor's еdge But we're not gonna stеp off the ledge, no
[Spoken] If it
could hate, it would hate you It's a monster, a cold deadly phantom It hides in the heart and brain, dreadful and merciless It has no shape or form, its demonic, it has
no rules It will confine you to a dark, lifeless room if you allow it So, fight back, shine a light on it And most of all - don't give up You know that it's
right So we just gotta fight Yeah, we're all hanging on by a thread We're all staring at the razor's edge But we're not gonna step off the ledge, no
We're all hanging on by a thread We're all staring at the razor's edge But we're not gonna step off the ledge, no
This is Alice Cooper in
Detroit Let's keep fighting, don't give up Call the Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255"
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Shut Up And Rock
Don't want to hear about your politics Hear about it every day Or
all the talk about what makes you tick Don't care anyway It ain't about your body or your face Baby, they're way okay!
Just shut up and rock Oh,
shut up and rock Please, shut up and rock Why can't you just shut up and rock?
Don't want to hear about your yoga class Or how you spent your day Don't want to hear about your painful past I don't care anyway It ain't about your lips or your perfect hips Baby, they're a-okay
Just shut up
and rock Oh, shut up and rock Please, shut up and rock Why can't you just shut up and rock?
Your opinion of the universe Or the color of your knock-off
Gucci purse I honestly can't tell you which is worse That shouldn't come as a shock So, shut up and rock Why can't you just shut up and rock? You,
you, you really ought to just Shut up and rock! Shut up and rock!
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East Side Story
Beneath the bare light bulb above She gazed into the eyes of love Bathed in the dirty neon lights She begged him "Don't go out tonight"
If we work out somehow maybe We could find a way out baby And he laughed
and said "I got to go" And she cried "No Johnny Johnny no Oh Johnny Johnny no"
His arms were warm and strong and young "I promise I
won't hurt no one" "Oh baby when you gonna learn Them folks uptown got bread to burn
When they see me flash my knife They'll be fearin' for
their life They won't give me trouble, this I know" And she cried "No Oh Johnny Johnny no Johnny Johnny no"
The night passed like a
thousand years The tenement room had culled her tears Then came a knock upon the door Two men she'd never seen before "Did you know Johnny Brown, miss? We hate to tell you this but Has he a relative you know?" And she cried "No Johnny Johnny no Oh Johnny why'd you go Johnny Johnny no" And she cried "No"
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Don’t Give Up
Yeah, I know you’re struggling right now We all are - in different
ways It’s like a new world that we don’t even know It’s hard to sleep…even harder to dream But look: you’ve got 7
billion brothers and sisters all in the same boat So don’t panic. Life has a way of surviving and going on and on... We’re not fragile - and we sure
don’t break easy!
You know it’s so hard to cope When you’re just hoping there’s hope…
We’re all hanging on by a thread We’re all staring at the razor’s edge But we’re not going to step off the ledge No!
Our enemy is a cold, indiscriminate monster It
doesn’t care if you’re old or newborn…it exists to kill You and I are nothing to it It has no heart or soul or conscience Do we fear it? Yeah Do we
cower before it? Hell no We’re the blood and guts human race…and we win!
You know that it’s right So we just gotta fight... Yeah, we’re
all hanging on by a thread We’re all staring at the razor’s edge But we’re not going to step off the ledge No! We’re all hanging on by a
thread We’re all staring at the razor’s edge But we’re not going to step off the ledge No!
This is Alice Cooper in Detroit…Let’s
keep fighting…Don’t give up!
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